JACQUES See also:

• JACQUES CALLOT (1592-1635)

CALLOT (1592-1635)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French engraver, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NANCY

Nancy in See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, where his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• JEAN

Jean See also:

• CALLOT, JACQUES (1592-1635)

Callot, was a heraldat-arms . He See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early discovered a very strong predilection for See also:

• ART

art, and at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve quitted See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home without his father's consent, and set out for See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome where he intended to prosecute his studies . Being utterly destitute of funds he joined a See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop of Bohemians, and arrived in their See also:

• COMPANY

company at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence . In this See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city he had the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune to attract the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, who supplied him with the means of study; but he removed in a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to Rome, where, however, he was recognized by some relatives, who immediately compelled him to return home . Two years after this, and when only fourteen years old, he again See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France contrary to the wishes of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, and reached See also:

• TURIN

Turin before he was overtaken by his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, who had been despatched in quest of him . As his See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm for art remained undiminished after these disappointments, he was at last allowed to accompany the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Lorraine's See also:

• ENVOY (Fr. envoye, " sent ")

envoy to the papal court . His first care was to study the art of See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, of which in a short time he became a perfect See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master . See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip Thomasin instructed him in the use of the graver, which, however, he ultimately abandoned, substituting the point as better adapted for his purposes . From Rome he went to Florence, where he remained till the See also:

• DEATH

death of Cosimo II., the See also:

• MAECENAS, GAIUS (CILNIUS)

Maecenas of these times . On returning to his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country he was warmly received by the then duke of Lorraine, who admired and encouraged him . As his fame was now spread abroad in various countries of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, many distinguished persons gave him commissions to execute . By the Infanta See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign of the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries, he was commissioned to engrave a design of the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• BREDA

Breda; and at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIII. he designed the siege of Rochelle and the attack on the Isle of Re .

When,.however, in 1631 he was desired by that monarch to execute an See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving of the siege of Nancy, which he had just taken, Callot refused, saying, " I would rather cut off my thumb than do anything against the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of my See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince and of my country "; to which Louis replied that the duke of Lorraine was happy in possessing such subjects as Callot . Shortly after this he returned to his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, from which the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king failed to allure him with the offer of a handsome See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension . He engraved in all about 1600 pieces, the best of which are those executed in aquafortis . No one ever possessed in a higher degree the See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent Tor grouping a large number of figures in a small space, and of representing with two or three bold strokes the expression, See also:

• ACTION

action and See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar features of each individual . Freedom, variety and naivete characterize all his pieces . His Fairs, his Miseries of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, his Sieges, his Temptation of St See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony and his See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

Conversion of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul are the best-known of his plates . See also Edouard Meaume, Recherches sur la See also:

• VIE

vie de Jacques Callot (186o) .